City of Stamford Fire Department
William O'Connell has extensive experience in public service, currently serving as a Fire Captain for the City of Stamford Fire Department since 2017. Prior to this role, William held the position of Lieutenant for the City of Stamford starting in July 2002. Additional work experience includes serving as a Driver for Moran Environmental Recovery LLC from August 2007 to May 2012 and as a Letter Carrier for the United States Postal Service from January 1996 to July 2002. William O'Connell is an alumnus of Southern Connecticut State University, having studied there from 1990 to 1994, and attended CT State Norwalk from 1992 to 1994.
City of Stamford Fire Department
The City of Stamford Fire Department has over 270 career firefighters, staffing nine fire stations city-wide. Stamford is located 35 miles Northeast of New York City in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and covers 39.9 square miles from its shoreline on Long Island Sound, north to the New York State border. Connecticut's third largest City has a permanent population of over 128,000 residents that swells daily to over 205,000, as people commute into Stamford to work. Each day, 80,000 commuters use an elaborate transportation network to reach Stamford. The Stamford Train Station boasts the greatest number of user with approximately 38,000 riders between Metro-North and Amtrak using the station, making it the busiest station outside of Grand Central Terminal. The largest portion of commuter traveling to Stamford come by car using either the Connecticut Turnpike (I‑95), the Merritt Parkway, and US Route 1, which passes through the downtown area.